CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1963-0007
SL-6 R/B
SL-6 R/B (NORAD 454) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 1963, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
454
International designator
1962-062C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Nov 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months76 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
Mass
600 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsSL-6 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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